The “man” has been keeping us all down, and now he’s taken over Starbucks too—at least that’s what the Seattle coffee-snobs are saying. Starbucks is not the haven for eco-conscious uber-hip Mac-users that it used to be. Now that it’s sold out and gone “corporate,” Starbucks no longer has the cache that it once enjoyed.
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Will Libby Be Pardoned?
There’s already talk today about a potential pardon for the convicted felon I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby. The Wall Street Journal and the National Review are calling for Bush to pardon Libby immediately, while Senate majority leader Harry Reid is demanding that Bush pledge never to pardon him. As the Los Angeles Times reports, this will be a controversy that is likely to follow President Bush through the rest of his term.
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The Libby Verdict: An Indictment of the Iraq War?
As far as the pundit class is concerned, the trial of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby was never about lying under oath. It is and always has been about putting the Iraq War on trial. The first item I read covering Libby’s guilty verdict was from NBC news. Directly following the lead are these lines:
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Ann Coulter Needs To Repent (part 2)
I wrote last June against Ann Coulter’s sharp tongue when she said concerning some 9-11 widows, “I’ve never seen people enjoying their husbands’ deaths so much” (“Ann Coulter Needs To Repent” [part 1]). After she called John Edwards a “faggot” last weekend, I thought I would write again today to say that it is important for Christians to disassociate themselves from vile rhetoric such as hers. I cannot, however, say it any better that Dr. Albert Mohler has done, so I refer you to his blog post, “Recovering Civility . . . and Refusing to Deny the Obvious.” Mohler writes:
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Is the Resurrection Body Physical?
The makers of “The Jesus Tomb” have been arguing that finding Jesus’ bones shouldn’t damage Christian faith since Jesus’ resurrection body need not be physical. In the panel discussion with Ted Koppel, James Tabor argued from 1 Corinthians 15 that Jesus’ resurrection body was spiritual not physical at his ascension. Tabor’s interpretation of the Apostle Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 15 is seriously mistaken. Here is an excerpt of the relevant text from 1 Corinthians 15:
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Hokey Tomb Documentary
I’m watching “The Jesus Tomb” documentary, and there are about 20 minutes left until it is over. I have to say that there are holes all through this thing, and you don’t have to be a specialist in historical Jesus studies to see them. I think that is why the Discovery Channel put a disclaimer at the beginning of the program and have contracted Ted Koppel to do a cross-examination when it is finished. The conclusions being drawn in the documentary do not follow from the facts that they have laid out. The non-sequitors are too numerous to count. One this is for sure, this is a pretty hokey documentary.…
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Koppel Hosts Panel Discussion after “The Lost Tomb of Jesus”
According to PRNewswire, Ted Koppel will host a panel discussion immediately following the Discovery Channel’s airing of “The Jesus Tomb.” Look for it at 10pm CT on Sunday evening on the Discovery Channel. Panelists include:
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Darrell Bock and Bart Ehrman Agree!
Darrell Bock is an evangelical scholar, and Bart Ehrman is an agnostic one. Yet according to Jeffrey Weiss of the Dallas Morning News, they have the same opinion about the so-called “Jesus Tomb.” It’s a bunch of “hooey”! I think this story has just about run its course. It became clear by mid-week that no reputable scholar (Christian or non-Christian) wants to attribute any credibility to the ideas put forth in James Cameron’s forthcoming documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus.” Except for the initially credulous coverage by the mainstream media, the rejection has been virtually unanimous. Here’s an updated list of resources concerning the “Jesus Tomb.”
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Scholars Call “Jesus Tomb” a Publicity Stunt
This is just in from the Washington Post, and it’s devastating to the credibility of those hawking the so-called “Jesus Tomb.”
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Alvin Plantinga Zings Richard Dawkins
Many people regard Alvin Plantinga to be one of the greatest (if not the greatest) living philosophers of our time. He represents the best of what it means to be a Christian and a scholar. So don’t miss his critical review of the atheist Richard Dawkins’ book The God Delusion. This is the money line, and it’s a zinger: